Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Make-up & Hair Design
- 3 years
- Duration
- 17,500 GBP/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Epsom / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
On our cutting-edge BA (Hons) Make-up and Hair Design course, you'll create beauty marvels for anything from the edgiest fashion editorials to generating Hollywood glitz on the red carpet.
Everything you need to know about the beauty industry will be covered in this course, from goods to publications, working with creative directors and advertisers to handling high-profile clientele.
With our wide facilities and peer collaboration, you'll be able to produce, polish, and display your work with elegance. As you study, you'll hone your practical skills, in-depth understanding of the business, and distinctive personal style so that, by the time you graduate, you'll have a strong portfolio of work to launch your career.
You can enroll in an Integrated International Foundation Year, which was created especially to give international students English language and creative skills before they start their first year of study.
You will have the opportunity to complete a Professional Practice Year as part of this programme beginning with the 2022 entry. You will have the chance to reach your full professional, academic, and personal potential as a result, giving you the tools you need to operate confidently and enthusiastically in creative environments. These abilities are highly recognized by employers, and a sizable percentage of placement students receive graduate-level employment offers or continue on to postgraduate study.
Program structure
Year 1
- Guest Speakers’ Series
- Creative Publication
- Equality diversity and inclusion
- Body paint and airbrushing for fashion
- Hackathon
- Cultural narratives
- Professional Practice
- Business of Fashion
- ATOM Activities
Year 2
- Career Week
- Innovative Motion
- The Conscious Practitioner
- Elective - Special Effects for Fashion
- Elective - Digital Extremes for Fashion
- Dragon's Den
- Expression Identity
- Engaging with Opportunities
- Placement
- ATOM Activities
Year 3
- Project Pitch
- Creative Partners
- Critical Thinking Through Fashion
- Graduate Career Fair
- Your Artistic Practice
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 17,500 GBP for international students
We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.
Requirements for applicants
If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.
In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.
For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have:
- High school leaving certificate or equivalent.
- A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university with CGPA 3.8.
English Language requirements for BA/BSc courses:
- IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.0
- Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 80
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 169
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Merit, Reading Merit, Speaking Merit, Writing Merit, Total ISE III
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 33, Reading 33, Speaking 33, Writing 33, Total B2 Communicator High Pass
Portfolio requirements
For these course, you must perform an individual piece as an audition. This piece can be up to two minutes long and can be one of the following: a brief modern text (play or screenplay); a short piece of Shakespeare; or an original work you have composed.
About the university
The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.
Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.
We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.
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